KENNET VALLEY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 305558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Village Hall

Objects

PARISH HALL TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS,LIBRARY,LECTURES CLASSES, RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITATANTS OF THE PARISH OF OVERTON CUM FYFIELD WITH EAST KENNET

Area of benefit: PARISH OF OVERTON CUM FYFIELD WITH EAST KENNETT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £17,440 are well in excess of the stated minimum policy target of approximately £7,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £2,839 for the year, driven by increased letting income and grant funding for solar upgrades. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with the charity's records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Lettings (61% of income)
“Total lettings 22,217”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately £7,000 (held: £17k)
“The Kennet Valley Management Committee has a policy of keeping sufficient funds available to cover emergency repairs in periods of time when Hall rentals may temporarily fall off in a four month period. This is calculated as 1/3rd of normal running costs of the previous year. On current averages the minimum reserve to carry forward works out to be approximately £7,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£36k£33k
31/07/2024£24k£25k
31/07/2023£33k£38k
31/07/2022£45k£56k
31/07/2021£26k£11k

Common questions

Is KENNET VALLEY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £17,440 are well in excess of the stated minimum policy target of approximately £7,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £2,839 for the year, driven by increased letting income and grant funding for solar upgrades. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with the charity's records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2023£10kSolar Energy Project
Postcode Lottery26/03/2022£10kOutside Gym Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2021£10kKennet Valley Hall Ventilation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2019£33kKennet Valley Hall Roof Replacement
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2017£4kConstruction of Rear Disabled Access for Kennet Valley Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2006£50kKitchen and Toilets Refurbishment Project